Tile



1 placed` in proper position. ,$25

fis to obviate vthese difficulties and to ,provide a tile having means forming'lanintegralfpart,

l' Patented lluilyrll 1933:E l

lTIaoyivresrE.*Meeriroirnfoiv; or,WasHiNeiroNfnrsrrtIcrorooiaiiria This invention relates jto tiles and-more particularly to that classjof tiles espjecialb-7 Y adapted to be embedded in thevvalls of build# Y. 'I g lings vor other structures attheoorline there@ i "5 of to fornifa protectinggborder or spl'ash.board around the rooms vof the building com monly known as b asetiles. Y v

"Heretofore, in building constructiomjthe f a" portion of abulldingshovving the manner tilesused'forthe splash boards of the rooms f "loof 'a building have .generallybeen provided l r Withsm'ooth or plainouter facesr with the re.

sultthat the Workmen yin laying thefp'lastic Vsub-structure and surface 'material of vthe H v loor'have found it necessary gtoe'fmploy 'gage N F15 stripspositionednextto the tilesy in order f v.to determine the properfthickness and level f s ofthe sub-surface material andthe thickness and 'level Vof the floor material, so that there I n Willbeno i rregulfaritiesinthe"finished-floor;` 9"*"20 Thesetgage strips-are notio'nly costlyandeX-f pensive `to install but `often "becomelostfor v misplaced and consequently .work Ourthe/floor must-be interrupteduntiljthey are found" The primary obj e'ctrof the present invention th'ereo'ffor 'accurately'determining the proper heightand level o fboththe sub-structureand j Hoor `Without the emz ployment of gage sand-similar i *ilo surfacematerial A of a further; object of prog vide- 'a tile having itsfouter' face rabbeted 'f`35 to form upper andlovver` shouldersoffset with respect tof each otherand'deiiningstraight l edges one of'Whichideterminesthe' 'proper heightand level'ffthe*substructurelof ther i.. fioorand the other thef'height rand level'- of Y Y Yas agage orinarlgv'er againstWhich''preformedV surface?. materialsuch'.; as rubber," `cork or l *45 Y composition-flooririg` may be-pr'essed vvhereby,

570 generallyVV to-improve this Classl fof devices so Figure 2 is a transverse'sectionalvieiv VofV ,of usingthetile; 60

u Figure 3 .is .a.; 'siinilarlvielvv shovvinga bor.; '1, n Y' Y, ,l dertil'eusedf in oonnect'ionwiththe/base tile. @Similar.numerals of reference indicate corresponding p'artsin alltheigures of the drawhgp n .t o

yan upright bodyjp'ortion 5 formed y"of: terra cotta Or other su'itable material and., which fmay'havepasexposearfacegiazea ofpiqovdeazoj vWitha dull iin-ish, as desired. The backff the4v ti1e' isv provided' with ,transverseianchor ing grooves 6for1the-reception'of the material 4 f constituting the Wa'll`7 of the buildingvvlieree; I by ,the tile maybe firmly*anchoredvthereto.Y 75"- I Thello'vver endofthe tile isf deflected laterally. t to form-anangular'extension Svvhich `bedded'in the plastic sub-structure 9 consti-i v tutingiapo'r'tion of the floorglfllie,outflgnd lofy the eXtensionf-S iforfm's z tyertical` abutment '80 Y f10i against which {theo subjstructurerQzbears y y 1 sofas to Viiri'nlyanoho'rcthe lower fendiof:theti'le H Y in 'p'0perp0Sitbn- Thellper ds@ i th ,Y i, .,-e'XtensiI-8,?tthe,'exposedfaceofythe-til is to .de ,term'ine`,the properf'heightj andlevelv of said sujrfacematerial, {Whenthefsurfaceima ,4 terialfisy preforinedan'dfmadeof rubbemcork, ff V o'rjacomposition.ofmattenand:laid in strips'-V Y Y* L. c 'on'the'.substructure- 9,(.the' upper straight95 g edge 14 acts as a gage or markeragainstl f Whichfthe surface material maybepressed v-to forman indentationvvv therein and thus en-l v able the stripsrofisurface material to be ac-I curately cut toi fit the jrabbet.A lhe 'lowelnido o A'lllhe imp rc'ived'base-tile.formingthe sub- 1 j ect 'matter of the presentinvention comprises v CT straight edge 15 also forms a gage to enable the workman to properly determine the eX- act height or surface level of the sub-structure material so that the upper surface of the sub-structure 9 will present a smooth, even surface for the reception of the surface material. lt will thus be seen that the surface material abuts against the upper shoulder 12 while the plastic sub-structure bears against the lower shoulder and as said shoulders are offset with respect to each other, a stepped joint will be provided which will securely hold the tile in place. The upper face of the tile at the extension 8 is preferably curved or dished inwardly, as indicated at 16, and merges into the upper straight edge 14 so as not to offer any surface obstructions at the junction of the tile with the Hoor. Y

In use, the tile is laid into the wall 7 at the floor line of the room of a building, after which. the plastic sub-structure 9 is laid upon the foundation 17 and the workman trowels or othewise finishes the upper surface of the sub-structure on a level with the straight edge 15'. If the surface material is to be formed of cement, terrazzo or like material, said surface material is positioned on the sub-structure with the surfacematerial entering the rabbet, as best shown in Figure 2 of the drawing, and the upper surface of the surface material. troweled oli:1 or otherwise iinished so as to be in horizontal alinement with the upper straight edge 11i. When, however, the surface material is in the form of strips of rubber, cork, or other composition 'of matter, said surface material is positioned on the substructure and then pressed downwardly against the upper straight edge 14, which will form an indentation therein or a mark thereon vwhich acts as a gage and thus permits the workman to readily cut or sever the strip of material to accurately lit the rabbet. lt will thus be seen that the rabbeted edge of the eX- tension 8 of the tile not only forms a seat for the lsurface material of the floor but the upper and lower edges of the rabbet consti- 'tute straight edges for the workman to work to and thus enables the workman to determine the exact height and level of both the sub-structure and surface material without the employment of gages or similar auxiliary devices now in use for this purpose. As the rabbet forms'an integral part of the tile it necessarily follows that when said tile is positioned in a wall, the means for accurately determining the height and surface level of both the sub-structurey and surface material is always at iand, which is quite a desidderatum, thereby avoiding interruption of the work often happens when gages are used and said gages become lost or misplaced during the construction of the building.

In Figure 8 of the drawing, there is illus trated a modified form of the invention in which border blocks'18 are used in conjunction with the tiles. In this form of the device, the base tiles 5 are of ordinary construction while the border blocks or tiles 18 are laid horizontally -into the substructure 9 in advance of the base tiles 5 and have their outer edges rabbeted at 19 similarly to the base tile shown in Figure 1 of the drawing, which .rabbeted edges perform the same function in the same manner aspthe rabbets in the extension of the base tiles.

lt will, of course, be understood that the tiles may be madein different sizes and shapes and constructed of any material found suitable or desirable for the purpose, kwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what l claim is: l

1. As a new article of manufacture, a base tile comprising an upright body having its lower portion provided with a downwardly inclined lateral extension the end of which is formed with a transverse rabbet extending the `entire width of the tile and opening through the top and front face of said extension to provide an open seat for floor surfacing material and an abutment at the end of the extension for engagement with a floor substructure, the walls of the rabbet being disposed at substantially right angles to each other and defining upper and lower straight edges, one of which indica-tes the level of they floor surfacing material and the other the vlevel of the floor substructure.

2. In building construction, the combination with a wall and floor including a substructure and surfacing material, of a base tile comprising an upright body having its rear face provided with anchoring'members embedded inthe wall and its lower end provided with a lateral extension embedded in the Y substructure, said extension being provided with a transverse rabbet opening through `the top andfront face of said extension and forming an open seat for the ksurfacing material and an abutment at the end of the extension l against which the substructure bears, the walls of the rabbet being disposed at an angle to each other and dening upper and lower straight edges disposed in alinenient with the upper surface of the surfacing material and substructure respectively, and the exposed face `ofV the body 'gradually merging into the upper surface of said extension.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature.

THMS E. MCCUTCHEON. [Ls] llill 

